014-6956575
St Joseph’s Private School 082-414575,
www.stjosephprivate.com
2, Jalan Taman Budaya, 93700 Kuching, Sarawak.
Education Beyond the Ordinary
Issue 2013/4 (April)
News & Updates
Recycling Program
To fulfill the PBS project
requirement for Geography and
Moral Education subjects,
students from Form One and
Two brought old newspapers
weighing over 2.1 tons,
aluminum cans, cardboard
boxes, plastic bottles and
miscellaneous items to the
school for recycling on 21
February. The items were sold
to the recycling company which
amounted to RM 1100.00. It is to
be donated to charity. At the
same time, this project is carried
out to instill the sense of
conserving the environment in
our students.
A cheque of RM 1100.00 was
Cheque presentation to Ms Suzanna of SCCS by student
representatives, Nichol Adam Shim Wei Wan (F2B) and Ong
Rui Jie (F1A).
presented to Ms Suzanna from
the Sarawak Children’s Cancer
Society (SCCS) during our
school assembly on 3 April as
the donation part of this project.
She also shared with the
students the works and aims of
SCCS, one of them being the
Go Bald Campaign (see
http://www.gobald.my).
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Congratulations !
Marcus Ho Hao Xiang (F1A)
emerged as first runner-up in
the Poomsae and Breaking
Competition 2013, Junior
Category C (Blue Belt-Red Tip
11-15 years old) organized by
the Kuching Taekwondo Club
TM/WTF.
Salvation Army Flag Day 2013
Students from the Primary School and the Secondary School put in
money as donation to the flag day tins on 5 April to raise fund for the
social and community work of the Salvation Army in Kuching,
especially the Salvation Army Kuching Boys’ Home, Jalan Ban Hock.
The students received a flag sticker each after they have donated.
The First Reading was read by
Isaac Lau Yujie (F1C).
A School
Mass was celebrated on 3 April (Wed) which happens to be
the Wednesday within the Octave of Easter. The Gloria was sung at the
beginning of Mass and the Easter Sequence to the tune of Leonard Cohen’s
Hallelujah was played before the Gospel Acclamation.
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Words from some of our
Maybelle Lee Huong Tiing
(Primary 3)
students from the Primary School
I like studying at St Joseph’s Private
School. Though it is very small, I still
can learn a lot from my school. We also
have extra-curricular activities. They are
taekwondo, computer club, brass band,
needle craft, squash and dancing club. I
join brass band and squash.
My school is surrounded by trees and
beautiful plants. I can hear the birds
singing when I arrive at my school every
morning. It is cool and peaceful early in
the morning. We study in airconditioned classrooms. We say one
decade of the rosary at the shrine of Our
Lady. Even though our school is small,
we still can have assemblies at the
canopy area. One of my classmates
could not speak a single word of English
when he first came to this school. We
can speak English to him now because
he knows how to speak English.
Our school is a peaceful school. We
have two priests and four nuns. We love
our school. We are lucky to study at this
school.
I like studying at St Joseph’s Private School.
Though it is a very small school, I have learnt a lot
from my school.
We can join the different types of extra-curricular
activities after school from Monday to Friday. The
activities are taekwondo, computer club, brass band,
needle craft and dancing club.
We have very hardworking, loving and caring
teachers. I have learnt a lot of things from my
teachers. I love all the subjects being taught by them
too.
I am very proud of St Joseph’s Private School. I love
my school very much.
Amanda Loi (Primary 3)
I like to study at St Joseph’s Private School.
Although the size of the school is very small, I have
learnt a lot from the activities in my school.
I like all my teachers and subjects. Not only have I
learnt a lot on education, I have also learnt how to
pray. I also like my English teacher because she is
kind and helpful.
I am very happy to study here because I have made
many friends in this school.
Cordy Pang Yao Yin (Primary 3)
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I like to go to
school. My school
is clean and neat. I
love my school
and my teachers
very much.
Joel Tiong Chuan
Wei (P1A)
I love my
school. I love
my school
teachers. I have
many friends at
my school.
Karen Koh Wen
Wen (P1A)
I love my school.
Thian Yii Tung (P1A)
My school is St Joseph’s Private School. It is situated at Jalan Budaya,
Kuching and is about three kilometers from my house.
I like my school because my teachers are all very patient, helpful and
kind. They help me when I have problems. I also learn a lot from my
teachers.
I also like my school because it is clean. Even though the school has
supporting staff to keep the school clean, I am also taught to help by
cleaning my own place after eating my food.
John Lembat (Primary 3)
Our headmistress asked the school keeper to draw three hopscotches for
us to play.
Most of our teachers are hardworking and caring. One of our classmates
could only speak a few words of English at the beginning of 2013. Now
he can even use English to quarrel with us.
I am very proud of my teachers and my school. I am very glad to study at
St Joseph’s Private School.
Fredrick Tiong Ze (Primary 3)
I like my
school
very
much.
Lucas Hii
(P1A)
I always do my homework
in the school. I like to play
with my friends. During
recess time, I always go to
the canteen to buy food.
I like the food at my school. I like
my Dancing Club at my school. I
like to play with my friends at my
school.
Ashleigh Wan (P1A)
I am happy to study in
this school because I
have a lot of helpful
teachers.
Penny Lau (P1A)
Joshua Ng (P1A)
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E
aster is the celebration
of the Resurrection of
Jesus and is the most
important feast in the church’s
calendar. Easter Sunday is
celebrated on the third day
after Good Friday, the day of
Jesus’ passion and death.
R
esurrection Sunday is
so important that the
church extends the one
day celebration of Easter
Sunday into a one week
celebration of that day which is
called Easter Week or the
octave (eight day period) of
Easter. Easter Week is
considered as one single joyful
day. The Gloria is sung or said
at Mass each day of the octave.
The paschal sequence, Victimae
Paschali Laudes (May you
praise the Paschal Victim), may
be sung before the Gospel
reading on each of these days
and the Gospel readings for
each of these days is a
scriptural account of the
resurrection of Christ (Monday-Matthew 28:8-15; Tuesday-John 20:11-18; Wednesday-Luke 24:13-35; Thursday-Luke 24:35-48; Friday--John
21:1-14; Saturday--Mark 16:915).
The Easter season goes on for
fifty days. It begins on Easter
Sunday (31 March 2013) until
Pentecost Sunday (19 May
2013) this year. It is preceded
by the season of Lent, a period
of forty days of prayer, fasting
and penance.
The word Easter is English
which is similar with the
German word, Ostern. It comes
from the Old English word,
Eastre or Eostre which may
refer to the name of an AngloSaxon goddess, Eostre who is
an Indo-European dawn
goddess. Eostre may have also
meant the “month of opening,”
possibly connected with spring.
The name Easter may also have
arisen from the designation of
Easter Week in Latin, in albis.
Albis is the plural form of alba
which means dawn. In albis is
translated into Old High
German as eostarun.
Easter is also called Pasch or
Pascha. This word comes from
the Greek word Πάσχα. The
Latin form Pascha is derived
from Hebrew Pesach (‫) ֶפּסַח‬,
meaning the festival of
Passover. In Greek the word
Ἀνάστασις, Anástasis
(upstanding, up-rising,
resurrection) is used also as an
alternative.
No matter what the origin of
the word Easter is, Easter is
the English name for this great
feast of the resurrection of
Jesus Christ which we
celebrate with great joy and is
accompanied with the singing
of Alleluia which means praise
the Lord in Hebrew.
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22April
Mary,
Mother of the Society of Jesus
Feast of
22 April holds a great significance for me in my life, because on this day in 2001, I entered the Society
of Jesus. Also on 22 April 2003, after two years of basic formation in the novitiate, I took my simple
perpetual vows in the Society of Jesus.
Fr Francis Lim Chin Choy, SJ
S
he celebrated Mass with the first
t Ignatius of Loyola, the
companions at Our Lady’s altar in the
founder of the Jesuits had a
strong devotion to Our Lady, basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls
in Rome, during which all pronounced
which intensified during his
period of convalescence following the their solemn vows. This feast thus
commemorates the birth of the vowed
injury he received during the battle at
Society and its dedication to Mary as
Pamplona. After his recovery and
its mother
roundabout
and queen.
change of
life, major
When we
events in his
reached St.
life occurred
Paul's,”
on feasts or
wrote
at sites
Ignatius,
honouring
“all six
the Virgin:
went to
his vigil
confession,
before the
one to
Black
another.
Madonna of
And it was
Montserrat
decided
on the eve
This image of Mary, Mother and Queen of the Society of Jesus
that Inigo
of the
surrounded by Jesuit saints may be found behind the altar in the
[Ignatius]
Annunciatio chapel of Lansing-Reilly Hall, the Jesuit residence at the University of
Detroit
Mercy,
USA.
should say
n, 1522; his
first vows at Montmartre, Paris, on the Mass in the church, and that all the
feast of the Assumption, 1534; his first others should receive the Blessed
Sacrament from his hand, making
Mass in St. Mary Major in Rome on
their vows in the following manner:
Christmas, 1538.
Inigo, saying the Mass, just before
Communion, holding in one hand the
n Friday of Easter week,
April 22, 1541, seven months paper on which the vow formula was
written, turned toward the kneeling
after papal approval of the
companions, and said the words of the
Society of Jesus and two weeks after
vows.”
Ignatius was elected its first general,
O
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“A
fter saying them, he took
Communion, receiving
the Body of Christ our
Lord. When he had finished
consuming (the chalice), he placed the
five consecrated hosts on the paten
and turned to the companions... Each
one took the page of vows into his
hand... and said the words aloud.
When the first had finished, he
received the Body of Christ our Lord.
Then, in turn, the second did the same;
so too the third, fourth, fifth.”
“W
hen Mass was over,”
Ignatius continued,
“after praying before
the indulgenced altars, they came
together at the high altar, where each
one came to Inigo and he went to
each. Giving an embrace and the kiss
of peace, not without much devotion,
feeling and tears, they brought an end
to the ceremony of vows and of the
beginning of their vocation.”
Pedro Ribadeneira, who accompanied
them, spoke of the extraordinary
devotion of Pierre Codure; “with such
vehement divine consolation that he
was unable to hold it in, it came
bubbling out... He went ahead in
Lainez's company across the fields.
We heard him filling the heavens with
sighs and tears. He cried out to God in
such a way we thought he would pass
out...”
Progress of the new building so far …
(as of 9 April 2013)
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Staff Recollection
A Staff Recollection was given by Fr
Larry Tan, SJ on 11 April. All
teachers from both the Primary and
Secondary Schools attended. The
theme was on meditation. He taught
us on how to be still in mind and
body. He guided us through three
sessions of stillness meditation. It is
actually an awareness exercise where
we are aware of our surroundings
and how we can quiet ourselves
down.
Fr Larry Tan, SJ
The mind is a very active thing. We
often think of many things at the same
time. Hopefully with this introductory
session, we can begin to put into
practice some sort of meditation and at
the same time help us to pray. Fr Larry
stressed that there are many ways to
pray, and this stillness awareness
meditation is only one of many.
Whenever we encounter a method of
prayer that we find useful, we can use it
for our greater spiritual enrichment.
Next School Mass and Assembly are on 9 May (Thu) which coincides with the
feast of the Ascension of Our Lord.
Our school-level Teachers’ Day celebration will be held on 23 May (Thu) in the
school.
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